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Re:The Oldest Living Civilization (1944) by H_Pylori on Tuesday January 28, 2020 @03:18AM (#22167477)
The article was written before communism. I've heard from different accounts that communism has had a deleterious effect on people's manner. I don't know if this is true or not, but it's a reasonable explanation.
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Re:The Oldest Living Civilization (1944) by ekianjo on Tuesday January 28, 2020 @04:42AM (#22167849)
> communism has had a deleterious effect on people's manner.

Thats an understatement. Look at the history with the Great Leap Forward and how it changed chinese culture forever.

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Re:The Oldest Living Civilization (1944) by osullivj on Tuesday January 28, 2020 @05:17AM (#22168018)
Yes - "bourgeois" manners were rejected as affectation.
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Re:The Oldest Living Civilization (1944) by swebs on Tuesday January 28, 2020 @03:49AM (#22167626)
Wow, I didn't even realize this article was written in 1944.
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